Study On The Auspicious Sign And Disaster-Abnormity In The Han And Wei-Jin South And North Dynasties

As a kind of conventional political theory and culture, auspicious sign and disaster-abnormity had been affected the China Ancient times profoundly. The primary function of auspicious sign and disaster-abnormity is to offer the service for the validity and authority of reign. During the Han and Wei-Jin South and North Dynasties, auspicious sign and disaster-abnormity was theorized and prevalent applied. It had a great influence on each aspect of political life.The dissertation is divided into following parts:First: Through the comb of the literature of the XianQin, the Han and Wei-Jin South and North Dynasties, the dissertation has cleared about the course of auspicious sign and disaster-abnormity's origin, consummation and sublimation, and posted it's general venation.Second: The dissertation has discussed the political function of auspicious sign and disaster-abnormity, this part is the emphasis of the dissertation. From the Han and Wei-Jin South and North Dynasties, the political function had been taken place the obvious changes: in the Han Dynasty auspicious sign and disaster-abnormity emphasized particularly on praising moral emperor and condemning immoral emperor, and it was a kind of tool for emperor and minister restricting each other; in the Wei-Jin South and North Dynasties auspicious sign and disaster-abnormity had been further applied on the maintenance of emperor's legal status, and it also offered the service for dynasty's subrogation and regime's conversion. Surrounding this basic clew, the dissertation study from imperial power, imperial throne and regime alternation. In addition, auspicious sign and disaster-abnormity had been broad utilized in gubernatorial power contention as a kind of political tool and artifice. On the other hand, the opponent used auspicious sign and disaster-abnormity frequently, some careerists looking for pretext and making public opinion, some insurrectionists mobilizing people and lassoing morale.Third: As a kind of political culture,auspicious sign and disaster-abnormity influenced not only the operation of politics, but also the social institutions. In the Han and Wei-Jin South and North Dynasties, auspicious sign and disaster-abnormity influenced the ceremony of compensating disaster and the music of ancestral temple fete. It also influenced the Fengshan ceremony's formation, development and consummation. And finally, because of the important function in the political operation, auspicious sign and disaster-abnormity gained the mind of government. In the Han and Wei-Jin South and North Dynasties, the government set up the special institutions and personnel to supervise auspicious sign and disaster-abnormity. In the centrality Taishi was the governing body and a lot of correlative institutions were concerned with the management which relating to the central and the regional departments. The course of administrant system included the information collection, phenomena explanation and affair disposal. During this time, the administrant course had been gradually standardized and systematized, and founded the well base for institutional manage of the Sui and Tang dynasties.